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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US" dir="ltr"> <head> <base href="../../../../"> <noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=../../../../en-US/noscript.html"></noscript> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Drawing Lines in Text</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="media/navigation/favicon.ico"> <link type="text/css" href="normalize.css" rel="Stylesheet"> <link type="text/css" href="prism.css" rel="Stylesheet"> <link type="text/css" href="default.css" rel="Stylesheet"> <script type="text/javascript" src="polyfills.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="languages.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="en-US/langnames.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="flexsearch.debug.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="prism.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="help2.js" defer></script><script type="text/javascript" src="a11y-toggle.js" defer></script><script type="text/javascript" src="paginathing.js" defer></script><script type="text/javascript" src="en-US/bookmarks.js" defer></script><script type="text/javascript" src="en-US/contents.js" defer></script><script type="text/javascript" src="help.js" defer></script><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"> </head> <body> <header id="TopLeftHeader"><a class="symbol" href="en-US/text/shared/05/new_help.html"><div></div></a><a class="logo" href="en-US/text/shared/05/new_help.html"><p dir="auto">LibreOffice 24.2 Help</p></a><div class="dropdowns"><div class="modules"> <button type="button" data-a11y-toggle="modules-nav" id="modules" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="modules-nav">Module</button><nav id="modules-nav" hidden=""></nav> </div></div></header><aside class="leftside"><input id="accordion-1" name="accordion-menu" type="checkbox"><label for="accordion-1" dir="auto">Contents</label><div id="Contents" class="contents-treeview"></div></aside><div id="SearchFrame"><div id="Bookmarks"> <input id="search-bar" type="search" class="search" placeholder="Search in bookmarks for all modules" dir="auto"><div class="nav-container" tabindex="0"><nav class="index" dir="auto"></nav></div> </div></div> <div id="DisplayArea" itemprop="softwareHelp" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/SoftwareApplication"> <a name="bm_id3143206"></a><meta itemprop="keywords" content="arrows, drawing in text"> <meta itemprop="keywords" content="indicator lines in text"> <meta itemprop="keywords" content="lines, drawing in text"> <meta itemprop="keywords" content="lines, removing automatic lines"> <meta itemprop="keywords" content="deleting, lines in text"> <meta itemprop="keywords" content="drawing lines in text"> <meta itemprop="keywords" content="automatic lines/borders in text"> <h1 id="hd_id3143206" dir="auto"> <a name="line_intext"></a>Drawing Lines in Text</h1> <p id="par_id3144436" class="paragraph" dir="auto">You can incorporate lines into your text with custom angles, thickness, color, and other attributes.</p> <p id="par_id3153345" class="paragraph" dir="auto">To define the line attributes and direction, use the <span class="emph">Line</span> drawing object as follows:</p> <ol itemprop="HowTo" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToSection" dir="auto"> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <div class="icontable"> <div class="iconcell"> <p id="par_id3156113" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto"> <img src="media/icon-themes/cmd/lc_insertdraw.svg" class="iconimage" alt="Icon Show Draw Functions" style="width:38px;height:38px" itemprop="icon" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"></p> </div> <div class="iconcell"> <p id="par_id651679924642471" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto">On the Standard bar, click the <span class="emph">Show Draw Functions </span>icon to open the <span class="emph">Drawing </span>toolbar</p> </div> </div> </li> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <div class="icontable"> <div class="iconcell"> <p id="par_id3152780" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto"><img src="media/icon-themes/cmd/lc_line.svg" class="iconimage" alt="Icon Line" style="width:38px;height:38px" itemprop="icon" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"></p> </div> <div class="iconcell"> <p id="par_id3159400" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto">Click the <span class="emph">Line</span> icon. The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair symbol with a line beside it.</p> <p id="par_id3152472" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto">In your document, click where the line should begin. Hold down the mouse button and drag to the point where you want the line to end. If you also hold down the Shift key, you can draw only horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <div class="icontable"> <div class="iconcell"> <p id="par_id3149294" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto"><img src="media/icon-themes/cmd/lc_selectobject.svg" class="iconimage" alt="Icon Select Object" style="width:38px;height:38px" itemprop="icon" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"></p> </div> <div class="iconcell"> <p id="par_id3153361" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto">Release the mouse button once the line has the desired direction and length. You can then draw more lines. End this function by pressing the Esc key or by clicking the <span class="emph">Select</span> icon from the <span class="emph">Drawing </span>bar.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ol> <p id="par_id3159149" class="paragraph" dir="auto">After clicking the <span class="emph">Select</span> icon, you can select all of the lines at the same time by clicking each line while holding down the Shift key. This multiple selection enables you to assign all of them a common color, thickness or other attribute.</p> <ol itemprop="HowTo" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToSection" dir="auto"> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <p id="par_id3153049" class="listitem" dir="auto">Create a horizontal line by applying the preset Paragraph Style <span class="emph">Horizontal Line</span>. Click into an empty paragraph, and double-click the <span class="emph">Horizontal Line</span> Style in the <span class="emph">Styles</span> window. If the entry for horizontal lines is not visible in the list of Paragraph Styles, select "All Styles" in the lower listbox.</p> </li> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <p id="par_id3153748" class="listitem" dir="auto">You can draw a line above, beside or below a paragraph in a Writer text document by choosing <span class="emph">Format - Paragraph - </span><a target="_top" href="en-US/text/shared/01/05030500.html"><span class="emph">Borders</span></a>.</p> </li> </ol> <h2 id="par_idN107C6" dir="auto">Automatic lines in Writer</h2> <ol itemprop="HowTo" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToSection" dir="auto"> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <p id="par_idN107CC" class="listitem" dir="auto">If you start a new line in a Writer text document by typing three or more hyphen characters and press the Enter key, the characters are removed and the previous paragraph gets a line as a bottom border.</p> <p id="par_id8849452" class="paragraph" dir="auto">To create a single line, type three or more hyphens (-), or underscores (_), and then press Enter. To create a double line, type three or more equal signs (=), asterisks (*), tildes (~), or hash marks (#), and then press Enter.</p> </li> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <p id="par_idN107D0" class="listitem" dir="auto">To remove an automatically drawn border, choose <span class="emph">Format - Paragraph - Borders</span> and select no border.</p> </li> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <p id="par_idN107D8" class="listitem" dir="auto">To undo an automatic border replacement once, choose <span class="emph">Edit - Undo</span>.</p> </li> <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="true" itemtype="http://schema.org/HowToStep" dir="auto"> <p id="par_idN107E0" class="listitem" dir="auto">To disable the automatic borders, choose <span class="emph">Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options - Options</span> and clear <span class="emph">Apply border</span>.</p> </li> </ol> <div class="warning"> <div class="noteicon" dir="auto"><img src="media/icon-themes/res/helpimg/warning.svg" alt="warning" style="width:40px;height:40px;"></div> <div class="notetext"><p id="par_id3145787" dir="auto">The lines and other drawing objects that you insert in text are not defined in <a target="_top" href="en-US/text/shared/00/00000002.html#html">HTML</a>, and are therefore not exported directly into HTML format. Instead, they are exported as graphics.</p></div> </div> <br> <div class="tip"> <div class="noteicon" dir="auto"><img src="media/icon-themes/res/helpimg/tip.svg" alt="tip" style="width:40px;height:40px;"></div> <div class="notetext"><p id="par_id641804" dir="auto">When you enter a line thickness, you can append a measurement unit. 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